Inspiring Stories

Evangelist Billy Graham lived 99 years, wrote 30 books, met with 12 sitting American presidents and preached the gospel to millions. But when he is buried this Friday, March 2, in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, he will be remembered not only as a world-changing hero of faith but as a humble preacher whose…

On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther had no idea that he was about to become a world-changer. He wrote his 95 Theses simply to spark an intellectual debate among church scholars. What he did was ignite a movement, after which the church and the entire world would never be the same. It is this crucial…

Last week when I was preaching in the nation of Iceland, I befriended three young foreign students from Africa who were visiting our conference near Reykjavik. I noticed these guys were sitting in the back of the auditorium, so I invited them to sit with me up front. They later admitted to me that I…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act on Tuesday, essentially placing a permanent ban on taxpayer funding of abortions, as outlined in the Hyde Amendment. The matter now moves to the Senate for consideration. The Act had been introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-New…

For a young Muslim woman who grew up in a life of privilege in the Horn of Africa, enduring hardships in order to find Jesus Christ was a risk worth taking as she found new hope from the Christians who helped her and her sister on their journey of faith. According to Open Doors, Hawa…

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, is one of those rare individuals who excels at everything she does. Jemison was born in Decatur, Ala., in 1956. She was raised on the southside of Chicago. Her father, Charlie, was a maintenance worker, and her mother, Dorothy, was a schoolteacher. The youngest of three…